Onthophagus ferox

Onthophagus ferox

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Scarabaeinae
Tribus: Onthophagini
Genus: Onthophagus
Species: Onthophagus ferox

Name

Onthophagus ferox Harold, 1867: 26

• Lectotype MNHP ♂, Swan River, Western Australia. (designated by Matthews, 1972: 57)
• Paralectotypes: MNHP 2 specimens.

References

Primary references

• Harold, E. von 1867. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Gattung Onthophagus. Coleopterologische Hefte 2: 23–59. BHL Reference page. 
• Matthews, E.G. 1972: A revision of the scarabaeine dung beetles of Australia I. Tribe Onthophagini. Australian journal of zoology, supplementary series, 9. 330 pp. DOI: 10.1071/AJZS009 . Reference page. 

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